Update- 11:30 p.m.
The final results for all 82 precincts in Tuesday's primary election for Monroe County are in, and can be viewed here.
Receiving 61.97 percent of the votes in Monroe County, Shelli Yoder, 1992 Miss Indiana and associate director of professional development at the IU Kelley School of Business, beat four other Democrats in the primary election for southern Indiana’s 9th District seat.
Yoder will compete in November’s general election against Rep. Todd Young, who ran unopposed in Tuesday’s primary for reelection under the GOP ticket.
Mitt Romney, the presumptive GOP candidate for President of the United States, received 64.26 percent of the Republican votes, totaling 5,325 ballots cast in his favor.
During the heavily-contested race for Indiana’s U.S. Senate bid, 36-year Senator Richard Lugar was ousted by state Treasurer Richard Mourdock, who received 50.86 percent of the vote.
For further updates on the primary election, keep checking idsnews.com and the Indiana Daily Student on newsstands Thursday morning.
Update- 10 p.m.
Results are now in for 69 of 82 Monroe County precincts.
According to the Associated Press, Indiana Treasurer Richard Mourdock has defeated Indiana Senator Richard Lugar, who has represented Indiana in the nation's capital for 36 years.
Lugar told the Associated Press he hopes Mourdock wins in November's general election.
To see a complete listing of the current primary results as provided by the County Clerk's office, click here.
Keep checking idsnews.com for further updates.
Update- 9:38 p.m.
With 8,039 votes counted, 57 of 82 of Monroe County's precincts have reported their totals. For the complete listing of the latest primary election results as provided by the County Clerk's office, click here.
With 2,793 votes recorded in Monroe County so far, GOP Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney is leading the presidential race at 63.41 percent, followed by Ron Paul at 20.41 percent and 8099 votes.
Keep checking idsnews.com for further updates.
Update- 8 p.m.
Fifty percent of absentee ballots have been counted in Monroe County.
Indiana Senator Richard Lugar has been defeated by Indiana Treasurer Richard Mourdock, bringing an end to Lugar's 36-year run. In Monroe County, Lugar appears to have held onto some supporters, earning nearly 57 percent of the votes counted so far.
In the GOP presidential candidate race, Mitt Romney is currently in the lead in Monroe County with 69 percent of the votes.
To see a complete listing of the current primary results as provided by the County Clerk's office, click here.
Keep checking idsnews.com for further updates.
Update- 4:57 p.m.
Poll workers for today’s primary election have reported low voter turnout, but polls are still open until 6 p.m. this evening.
With the assistance of a new paper ballot scanner, election results are expected to be in by 6 p.m.
Working inside a polling station inside City Hall, volunteer Amy Jen said voter turnout at her station has been slow because the precinct is represented primarily by students.
From 6 a.m., when polls first opened, until 4 p.m., 17 voters cast ballots at City Hall.
With three poll workers at City Hall, volunteer Terry Robbins said they were short three workers to man the polling location.
This shortage in volunteers has not been problematic, Jen said, but she said the three workers will not be able to run the polling location by themselves in the upcoming general election in November.
Check idsnews.com this evening for final results.
— Mark Keierleber
